First Steps Quotes - Page 3

• The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

  Max Heindel

  Taken, Ignorance, Men

  Max Heindel (1920). “The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception: Or, Mystic Christianity ; an Elementary Treatise Upon Man's Past Evolution, Present Constitution and Future Development”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

  S. N. Goenka

  Training, Mind, Enabling

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• If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Pain, Watches, Firsts

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• Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

  Jane Austen

  Maturity, Self, Growth

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• They say learning to love yourself, Is the first step, That you take when you want to be real...

  Tiesto

  Real, Love You, Want

  "Song: Just Be". October 11, 2004.

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• On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses. . . We have not the courage to carry our cross, and we are very much mistaken; for, whatever we do, the cross holds us tight - we cannot escape from it. What, then, have we to lose? Why not love our crosses, and make use of them to take us to heaven?

  John Vianney

  Children, Heaven, Suffering

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• Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

  George Ayittey

  Firsts, Steps, Dictator

  "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• The first step on the path to positive change is acknowledgement that change is necessary and possible. Open yourself to the possibility of seeing the world in a new way. What do you have to lose?

  Alex Blackwell

  World, Way, Path

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• Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

  Emma Bonino

  Firsts, Steps, Constitution

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• The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

  Lee H. Hamilton

  Support, West, Firsts

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• The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state.

  B. Traven

  Organization, Important, Earth

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• The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution.

  Michael Franti

  Firsts, Revolution, Steps

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• If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in your soul and then of course you study, read, you grow up and you begin to understand the message and that is the first step towards understanding life.

  Maria Kodama

  Growing Up, Reading, Understanding

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• Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.

  Watchman Nee

  Jesus, Giving Up, Holiness

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.113, CLC Publications

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• The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God's favorite place.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Spiritual, Heart

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• The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.

  Samuel Richardson

  Wisdom, Appreciate, Firsts

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• Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

  Tim Ferriss

  Inspirational, Motivational, Tasks

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• I’ve discovered that if I don’t take the first step, God generally won’t reveal the next step.

  Mark Batterson

  Next Steps, Firsts, Ifs

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• The first step to achieving your goal, is to take a moment to respect your goal. Know what it means to you to achieve it.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Motivational, Mean, Goal

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2012

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• Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Responsibility, Liberty, Firsts

  W. E. B. Du Bois (2014). “John Brown (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)”, p.170, Oxford University Press

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• The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible].

  Tom Duff

  Learning, Broken, Example

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• Successful people are always thinking about what they can do to move to the next level. Initiative is the drive to do it - to take the first step, and then the next step. The great thing about initiative - is that it's free and available to everyone.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Moving, Successful, Thinking

  Maria Bartiromo, Catherine Whitney (2010). “The 10 Laws of Enduring Success”, p.21, Crown Business

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• But he'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.

  Tamera Alexander

  Courage, Live Life, Taken

  Tamera Alexander (2010). “Within My Heart (Timber Ridge Reflections Book #3)”, p.75, Bethany House

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• The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

  Gordon Bethune

  Inspirational, Work, Steps

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• [I am] confident that Congress will pass the Kennedy-Hatch KidCare bill, a first step toward the single-payer socialized medicine system that the NEA [National Education Association] has endorsed for years.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Years, Medicine, Care

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